Kris Heller
8/1/05
Music History: Beethoven
An Interpretation of Beethoven's Music in the Film "A Clockwork Orange"
"A Clockwork Orange" is the story of a young and disturbed man who, in order to avoid his prison sentence, subjects himself to a controversial new treatment to correct his unlawful behavior. Stanley Kubrick, the film's creator, uses Beethoven's music to penetrate the complexity of the main character's actions and emotions. Beethoven's music acts as his salvation, providing him with pleasure and relief from the violent lifestyle he created, but in the end it becomes the force that tears him apart.
The main character, Alex, and his gang of four, Dim, George, and Pete, spend their nights drinking psychedelic milk at the Korova Milkbar interspersed with stealing, fighting, and raping women. Alex is an avid connoisseur of classical music, preferring Beethoven. He becomes enraged when Dim acts disrespectfully while listening to a women singing one of Beethoven's......

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Title: Beethoven Music In The Clockwork Orange
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